Perfection consists in doing His will, in being that which He wants us to be.
THERESE OF LISIEUXIf every tiny flower wanted to be a rose, spring would lose its loveliness.
More Therese of Lisieux Quotes
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I am very far from practicing what I understand.
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Trials help us detach ourselves from the earth; they make us look higher than this world.
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It is love alone that counts.
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He has created the poor savage with no guide but natural law, and it is to their hearts that He deigns to stoop. They are His wild flowers whose homeliness delights Him.
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Let us not be justices of the peace, but angels of peace.
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True charity consists in putting up with all one’s neighbors fault’s; never being surprised by his weakness, and being inspired by the least of his virtues.
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Holiness is a disposition of the heart that makes us humble and little in the arms of God, aware of our weakness, and confident – in the most audacious way – in His Fatherly goodness.
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How happy I am to see myself as imperfect and to be in need of God’s mercy.
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What offends Him and what wounds His Heart is the lack of confidence…Your heart is made to love Jesus, to love Him passionately…We have only the short moments of our life to love Jesus!
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Whose hands are God’s hands, but our hands?
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Look at His adorable face. Look at His glazed and sunken eyes. Look at His wounds. Look Jesus in the Face. There, you will see how He loves us.
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Holiness consists simply in doing God’s will, and being just what God wants us to be.
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Prayer and sacrifice can touch souls better than words.
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I realized that to become a saint one must suffer a great deal, always seek what is best, and forget oneself.
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Above the clouds the sky is always blue.
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